Today’s snow can be this summer’s ticket to Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh.
Today’s snow can be this summer’s ticket to Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh. Anyone who make a snowball this winter, saves it in their freezer, and brings it to the center on the first day of summer (June 21) will be able to name their own price for general admission. In past years, hundreds of snowballs survived the winter and spring in freezers throughout the region and made their way to the Carnegie in coolers, freezer bags, coffee cans and plastic storage containers. To get you in the mood, here are five facts about snow:
v Formation: Snow forms from tiny crystals in clouds. Snow is not frozen rain; that’s called sleet.
v Melting: Most snowflakes melt before reaching the ground.
v One of a kind: No two snowflakes are identical.
v Composition: Each snowflake is made up of two to 200 separate crystals, on average.
v Crystal clear: Although it appears white, snow actually is transparent. Snow crystals act as prisms and break up the Sun’s light into the entire color spectrum. The human eye can’t handle that kind of sensory overload, so it is processed as white.
“Call the Midwife Holiday Special” (9 p.m., PBS): The “Call the Midwife Holiday Special” finds the good-hearted nurses and nuns of Nonnatus House caring for an abandoned newborn while scrambling to find the mother who left the baby on their steps.
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Butler seeks work from area artists
YOUNGSTOWN
The Butler Institute of American Art’s 75th Area Artists Annual Exhibition will open March 24.
Works in all media by artists who live in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties in Ohio, and Mercer and Lawrence counties in Pennsylvania, are eligible.
Juror for this year’s exhibition will be Stephanie Smith, an art history professor at Youngstown State University.
For an entry form, email biaalib2@yahoo.com; go to butlerart.com and download the form from the pdf folder on the website’s home page; or call 330-743-1107, ext. 210. Deadline for receipt of entry forms is Jan. 8.
Hypnotist in show at Elks Club hall
SHARON, Pa.
Jason Christopher, a hypnotist, will appear at a benefit show at 7 p.m. Feb. 1 at the Elks Club hall, 260 E. Connelly Blvd. Christopher works with people who want to experience hypnosis, but never forces anyone to volunteer. For tickets, call 412-983-0697.
New Year’s Eve at the Saxon Club
AUSTINTOWN
The Saxon Club, 710 S. Meridian Road, will hold a New Year’s Eve party with the band Guys Without Ties. Doors open at 7 p.m., with dinner at 7:30 p.m. and music at 8:30 p.m.
The event is bring-your-own bottle, but beer, pop, mixers, coffee and tea will be provided. There will be a continental buffet at midnight with a champagne toast. Tickets are $35 per person. For tickets, call 330-788-4274, 330-540-1262 or 330-792-7973. Tickets can be paid for at the door if reservations have been made.